backgrounder means A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
noun
- A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.“One of the President's aides gave us a ten-minute backgrounder on the dairy industry before the meeting.”
- A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.“[…] backgrounders paint static background scenes, and then the animation components are layered on top […]”
- A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.